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The Deadly Stroke

With the defeat of the French forces by the Germans, Winston Churchill was determined that the French fleet would not fall into German hands, and to that end he ordered that every French ship from Alexandria to Martinique, Portsmouth to Dakar either surrender or be seized. Only those in Algeria committed to the Vichy government refused. In a tragic and ironic battle the British sank the French fleet at Oran, the author explores in detail the events surrounding this event. With an Introduction by Sir John Colville.

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  • "With the defeat of the French forces by the Germans, Winston Churchill was determined that the French fleet would not fall into German hands, and to that end he ordered that every French ship from Alexandria to Martinique, Portsmouth to Dakar either surrender or be seized. Only those in Algeria committed to the Vichy government refused. In a tragic and ironic battle the British sank the French fleet at Oran, the author explores in detail the events surrounding this event. With an Introduction by Sir John Colville."@en
  • "After the 1940 armistice with Germany, France watched as its old ally Great Britain recoiled from helping its sister nation. If the French navy fell into German hands as France had fallen, the French fleet would attack the very allied forces which had bolstered it against the German assault. The French navy might be the weapon that Hitler used to land on English shores. Reluctantly, diplomatic efforts were halted and the British attacked and destroyed the French naval fleet in the waters near Algeria."

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  • "The Deadly Stroke"@en
  • "The Deadly Stroke"
  • "The deadly stroke : with an introduction by John Cloville"
  • "The deadly stroke"@en
  • "The deadly stroke"

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